Back to the North Carolina Tar Heels Newsfeed

UNC Basketball: Top-50 UNC target Jalen Wilson visiting KU on Thursday

Jalen Wilson, the North Carolina Tar Heels’ lone remaining target in the class of 2019, is in Lawrence, Kansas on Thursday for an official visit with Bill Self and the Jayhawks.

Kansas quickly emerged as a favorite to land Wilson after he requested a release from his national letter of intent with Michigan, and reopened his recruitment. So, too, did the Tar Heels, hoping to cash in on the top-50 prospect that opted out of playing for the Wolverines after longtime head coach John Beilein left Ann Arbor for the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.

Some were convinced that Wilson was a likely Kansas commit, particularly because his friend and 5-star guard R.